Michelle Obama spoke to a group of about 150 of her husband’s supporters Thursday morning at a fundraising breakfast in the Bellevue Westin.

She told the story of how she met Barack Obama when the two worked for the same law firm in Chicago 20 years ago. She was drawn to him, she said, because of what she called “the mission of his life” to close the gap between “the world as it is and the world as it should be.” She spoke of a community organizing event she attended in a Chicago church basement with Obama when the two were law students, at which she was impressed “that he could transition so easily from corporate to church basement.”

She said Obama continues his quest to work toward his vision of the world as it should be, which includes an opportunity for all Americans to be able to work jobs with a living wage and depend on a decent education for their children. She also said the government should investing in a good energy policy and end the war in Iraq. The supporters applauded when she called the war one that “should have never been authorized and never been waged.”

“It’s the world that we’re not living in today, but we can if we work hard,” she said.

In contrast, she said John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, believes the world as it is “is OK” and wouldn’t change much.

In introducing Michelle Obama, Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire compared her to Jackie Kennedy and said she would make Americans proud as first lady.

“I do feel that spirit in Michelle Obama,” Gregoire said.

After her speech, Michelle Obama planned to go to each table and speak individually with supporters. She was in town to do a fundraiser for Gregoire.